The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-12
A FIGHT OVER A PAY DAY
CHICAGO BUILDING BOSSES DOWN
ON THE SATURDAY PLAN.

Frequent Failures on the Part of the
Men to Sober up in Time to go to
Work Monday the Ground of Their
Objection - Hundreds Throw Down
Their Tools.
CHICAGO, May 11.-Further complica-
tions have developed in the building trades
difficulties caused by the action taken last
night by the Master Masons' and Builders
Association. The bricklayers want to be
paid Saturday, and the bosses refuse, be
cause, as they allege, their men frequently
fail to report for work Monday morning.
A communication was sent to the brick
layers stating the reasons of the employers
for not acceding to the demands, and
while the messenger was absent the Execu-
tive Committee submitted report of its
conference with the committee of the
Trades Council regarding the hod carriers
strike in which they say they might have
submitted to the first three propositions
OF the cOmmittee-23 l-2c. per
hour for masons' laborers, time and one
half for all time over eight hours per day
and double pay for Sunday work, but the
fourth, which demanded recognition of their
union and the employment of union men
The report was loudly applauded and
adopted. The bricklayers utterly refused
to recede from their demand for Saturday
pay day, and the masters after
passing resolution agreeing TO shut down
all work If the bricklayers should strike on
this account adjourned 1t is asserted that
the leading members of the Builders Trades
Exchange are making preparations to car
ry the war into Egypt" if it becomes neces-
carx A Aac .C
been prepared, binding all dealers in build
ing materials to sell to none but members of
the exchange during the strike. Il is urged
by the movers in this plan that it is purely
protective measure without which outside
contractors would secure all the work dur
ing protracted general strike.
THROWING DOWN THEIR TOOLS.
Nearly 1000 bricklayers and stone masons
asked the bosses this morning to change
the pay day from Monday TO Saturday, and
when the demand was refused the men laid
down their trowels and quit work Fully
men struck work by 10 o'clock, while
few hours to decide, began to leave later.
By noon 600 men were out. The strike is not
in any way connected with that of the car
penters or hod carriers.
The bricklayers claim that majority of
the bosses were willing enough to give in,
but they were bound by the Master Builders
Association and would be boycotted if they
acceded to the demands of the men. In that
case they could not obtain any brick from
the material men, who in turn were afraid
of being boycotted by the association.
The strikers have in anticipation the
building of large structure for
hall and stores on the ground
owned by their union and say that il they
can get brick from the manufacturers they
will put in their time this way. AS the
strike is not one of sympathy with the hod
carriers, and the union is not in any way
connected with any other labor organiza-
tion, it is not thought that the carpenters
or any other union will be affected by to-
days strike. The Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Building Trades, including the
brick makers, carpenters, plasterers and
others, is dissatisfied with the status of
affairs in the hod carriers troubles and may
strike Saturday.
The bricklayers quit wherever the bosses
announced their refusal to pay on Satur-
day Only few of the bosses failed to re-
fuse and before evening probably 1000
bricklayers had quit work This threw
out an equal number of hod carriers.